Garment stretcher



G R o R- N o E w cu P GARMENT STRETOHER Filed May 51. 1921 attorneylUNIl-TEDT STATE-TS, ara

'Patented Aug. 21, 1923,.

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Application "filed May 31,

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, J OHN P; SWEDENBORG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented newand useful Gar; ment Stretchers, of which the following is aspecification; V

This invention relates to garment stretchers, and more particularly to adevice especially designed for stretching trousers or the like, it beingthe primary object of the invention to provide a device of thischaracter which may be adjusted to adapt the same for use with trousersof various sizes and shapes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pair of trouserengaging arms, there being provided a connecting means for connectingthe arms, the connecting means being in the form of a hook.

A still further object of the invention is to construct the connectingmeans of resilient material, so that the same will normally exert alateral pressure on the trouserengaging arms of the device. 1

W'ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in'the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in thepreciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made Withinthe scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing 1- Figure l is a front elevational View of agarment stretcher constructed in accordance with the presentinvention..,

Figure 2 is a sectional. view taken on line 2-2 of'Figure l. p

F igure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1. r V vFigure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1. r i

Referring to the drawing .in detail,-the device comprises a pair ofopposed arms, each arm including an upper section 5 and 'a lower section6, the upper section being provided with enlargements 7 at the upper endthereof, and enlargements 8 at the lower ends thereof, the enlargements7 being pro- 1921. Serial no. 473,633; I

vided with a pluralityof openingsto aecommodat'e the bolts'9, whichbolts, secure the connecting member 10 to theiarms.

This connecting member is formed of a length of wire bent to provide ahook member 11 and a pair of resilient leg members 12 which have loops13 formed at the ends thereof, the loops being'designed to accommodatethe bolts 9. Secured tothe opposed arms ofrthe device lS' tt lockingmember which includes a plate tur'ed to receive the bolt 9 towhich isse-, cured a link member 15 that connects the chain 16 to the plate. lagthere being provided a hook member 17 secured to the opposite arm of thedevice and adapted to accommodate alink of the chain 16 to hold the armsin a predetermined position with respect to each other. 7

Having connection with each of the upper sections 5 of the respectiveleg members, is a resilient arm 18 that has its free end overlying aportion of the opposite section of the arm associated therewith, whichsection V. Y

is provided with an "opening to receive the pin 19 which is carried bythe arm 18. 7 Thus it will be seen that as the sections 6 are movedupwardly into engagement with the ends of the sections 5, the sections5and 6 are securely held together. Itmight be further stated that inorder to secure the sec tions 6 against lateral movement, bars 6 14:,which is aper-' F or; p

are secured to the'section s 5 and extend be yond the lower ends of thesections 5 to pro-. vide guideways. The ends of the sections 5 and 6 ofeach arm are formed with shoul- V ders as clearly illustrated by Figure1 of the drawings; so that when the sections are moved into engagementwith each other, movement of one sectionwith respect to its adjacentsection is prevented. In the use of the device, the chain memher 16 ispositioned over the hook 17 to draw 7 Y the arms of the device intoparallel relation witheach other,whereuponthe device is positionedwithin the trouser leg, it being understood that the arms should bepositioned in a manner so. that one arm will lie within the crease ofthe'front portion of a leg,

while the opposite arm lies within the crease in the rear of the leg.With the arms in these positions, the chain is removed from the hook 17,with the result'that thelegs 12 carried by one section of each arm, andcari rying a pin, said pins adapted to move into the openings of opposedsections to secure the sections together.

In testimony that as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa ture in thepresence of two Witnesses.

" JOHN P. SW EDENBORG.

V Witnesses i BRONISLAW ZAREMBA, Josnr KOZMINSKI;

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